Exploring the Different Types of Sentences

This video tutorial introduces the four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. It explains how each type functions, their purposes, and the punctuation marks that conclude them. Declarative sentences make statements and end with a period. Interrogative sentences ask questions and end with a question mark. Imperative sentences give commands or requests and typically end with a period. Exclamatory sentences express strong emotions and end with an exclamation point. The video concludes with a recap of these sentence types.

What is a sentence?

• A single word that expresses a feeling.

• A group of letters that form a word.

• A group of words that tells a complete thought.

• A punctuation mark.

Which type of sentence tells you about something?

• Declarative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Interrogative sentence

What punctuation mark does a declarative sentence end with?

• Question mark

• Exclamation point

• Period

• Comma

Which type of sentence asks a question?

• Interrogative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Declarative sentence

What punctuation mark does an interrogative sentence end with?

• Exclamation point

• Question mark

• Period

• Comma

Which type of sentence gives a command or request?

• Declarative sentence

• Interrogative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Imperative sentence

What punctuation mark does an exclamatory sentence end with?

• Period

• Exclamation point

• Comma

• Question mark